Unpredictable Fortunes (The Memory Stone Series Book 3) by Jeffrey Quyle

Author:Jeffrey Quyle
Language: eng
Format: mobi, azw3, epub
Published: 2017-06-20T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Theus’s first step took him into the foothills on the southeast side of the mountains on his way to Greenfalls first, and then to the Jewel Hills after he’d secured delivery of supplies. He was worn from having fought and used his power during the morning before he’d taken the magical step south, but he still was able to walk, thanks in part to his sturdy staff. He ate food from his pack, after digging down through the coins he had carelessly poured into the pack, and he ate a few plants he found growing along the way.

His mind darted energetically through the many extraordinary discoveries he had found thrust upon him in the past day. The granitines, Limber itself, the plan to repopulate the city, the battle with the magicians – they were all like adventure stories he might have learned as a child, yet they were all happening to him, in his own life, and all within the span of a single day.

He hoped he could persuade people to leave the Jewel Hills to settle in Limber. Once he had a caravan contracted in Greenfalls, he would head east to test his luck in recruiting. There would doubtless be a few who would go, but when they arrived in the lost city, their numbers were likely to be swallowed up by the vast emptiness of the city. It would feel lonely. And the Voice would blame him for the lack of people who made the decision to inhabit Limber.

He brooded on the topics as he walked, trying to imagine different ways to make Limber sound appealing to the people of the Jewel Hills. When he reached the mid-afternoon, he decided he had enough energy restored to move again, and he made another magical jump that happened to land him directly on a large road.

There were no vehicles or travelers in his immediate vicinity when he arrived, which gave him time to lean heavily on his staff and gasp for breath. He began walking west at a slow pace, letting his body adjust to the consumption of so much energy. As he walked, he heard distant noises behind him, and he turned to see several wagons slowly gaining on him.

He moved over to the edge of the road, and within half an hour the wagons caught up with him and began to pass him. There were many of them, he saw, and he realized that it was a caravan.

“Are you heading towards Greenfalls?” he asked the driver of one wagon that drew even with him. The driver was a grizzled older man with a bushy beard and a large, floppy hat.

The man looked down at Theus, then took off his hat and wiped it across his brow, revealing a bald head above a gray fringe of hair.

He put the hat back on. “We’re going to the only place this road goes – to Greenfalls. Where the river did you think we were going?”

“I want to go to Greenfalls too,” he said.

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